🚄 Setup and run a Collator

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⚙️ Running

docker
fedora
ubuntu
other linux

start your docker node

#Non production sample
docker run \
  -it \
  -p 9933:9933 \
  -p 30333:30333 \
  -p 30334:30334 \
  -p 9615:9615 \
  -p 9516:9516 \
  -v host_path:/container_path \
  --name your_container_name \
  mantanetwork/manta:latest \
  --base-path /container_path/data \
  --keystore-path /container_path/keystore \
  --name your_collator_name \
  --rpc-cors all \
  --collator \
  --rpc-methods=unsafe \
  --unsafe-rpc-external

#Production sample
docker run \
  -it \
  -p 9933:9933 \
  -p 30333:30333 \
  -p 30334:30334 \
  -v host_path:/container_path \
  --restart=unless-stopped \
  --name your_container_name \
  mantanetwork/manta:latest \
  --base-path /container_path/data \
  --keystore-path /container_path/keystore \
  --name your_collator_name \
  --rpc-cors all \
  --collator \
  --rpc-methods=safe \
  -- \
  --telemetry-url 'wss://api.telemetry.manta.systems/submit/ 0'

Examples of these name and paths:

host_path:/container_path => ~/my-manta-db:/manta

your_collator_name => Community-Collator-1

You may want to consider the following:

if using http (not configured for ssl with certbot) for metrics, add ports -p 9615:9615 -p 9616:9616
add auto restart to ensure start on system boot or reboot --restart=unless-stopped
remove unsafe-rpb-external when you are ready for production
change rpc-methods to safe when ready for production --rpc-methods=safe
additional Pokadot configuration. at the end of your command stack, add -- to designate Pokadot configuration, then add telemetry-url -- --telemetry-url 'wss://api.telemetry.manta.systems/submit/ 0'

Ensure you can see a line of log like this:

👤 Role: AUTHORITY

check the status of the manta service:

#!/bin/bash

systemctl status manta.service

enable manta service (the service will start automatically on system boot):
```
#!/bin/bash

sudo systemctl enable manta.service
```

start manta service:

#!/bin/bash

sudo systemctl start manta.service

stop manta service:

#!/bin/bash

sudo systemctl stop manta.service

tail the manta service logs:

#!/bin/bash

journalctl -u manta.service -f

debug manta service configuration (run manta as the manta user, to quickly check for runtime errors):

#!/bin/bash

sudo -H -u manta bash -c '/usr/bin/manta --chain /usr/share/substrate/manta.json --base-path /var/lib/substrate --port 31333 --ws-port 9144 --ws-max-connections 100 --rpc-port 9133 --rpc-cors all --rpc-methods safe --state-cache-size 0 --bootnodes /dns/a1.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWCpnkG834s9ETesFTWtGqRDjs6Te1UCXHib3iD8GEmXLU /dns/a4.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWN9Zud842idiiUypJF9nzQfNrSsuWQRdtRA8D6sqsPXMb /dns/a5.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWM6Txo8orkxGsSTPByzzWhtTSfdFi2u9KJtd9eWCkry3k /dns/a7.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWFKMcE12XRLZfktX3crfkZyyBetpHsffDjPopYVhQLXwP /dns/c1.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWSNwD7tJkqKGdMfCVTJbbzrGFTGbXoeMFZCTwEytpFCM4 -- --chain /usr/share/substrate/polkadot.json'

check the status of the manta service:

#!/bin/bash

systemctl status manta.service

enable manta service (the service will start automatically on system boot):
```
#!/bin/bash

sudo systemctl enable manta.service
```

start manta service:

#!/bin/bash

sudo systemctl start manta.service

stop manta service:

#!/bin/bash

sudo systemctl stop manta.service

tail the manta service logs:

#!/bin/bash

journalctl -u manta.service -f

debug manta service configuration (run manta as the manta user, to quickly check for runtime errors):

#!/bin/bash

sudo -H -u manta bash -c '/usr/bin/manta --chain /usr/share/substrate/manta.json --base-path /var/lib/substrate --port 31333 --ws-port 9144 --ws-max-connections 100 --rpc-port 9133 --rpc-cors all --rpc-methods safe --state-cache-size 0 --bootnodes /dns/a1.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWCpnkG834s9ETesFTWtGqRDjs6Te1UCXHib3iD8GEmXLU /dns/a4.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWN9Zud842idiiUypJF9nzQfNrSsuWQRdtRA8D6sqsPXMb /dns/a5.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWM6Txo8orkxGsSTPByzzWhtTSfdFi2u9KJtd9eWCkry3k /dns/a7.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWFKMcE12XRLZfktX3crfkZyyBetpHsffDjPopYVhQLXwP /dns/c1.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWSNwD7tJkqKGdMfCVTJbbzrGFTGbXoeMFZCTwEytpFCM4 -- --chain /usr/share/substrate/polkadot.json'

check the status of the manta service:

#!/bin/bash

systemctl status manta.service

enable manta service (the service will start automatically on system boot):
```
#!/bin/bash

sudo systemctl enable manta.service
```

start manta service:

#!/bin/bash

sudo systemctl start manta.service

stop manta service:

#!/bin/bash

sudo systemctl stop manta.service

tail the manta service logs:

#!/bin/bash

journalctl -u manta.service -f

debug manta service configuration (run manta as the manta user, to quickly check for runtime errors):

#!/bin/bash

sudo -H -u manta bash -c '/usr/bin/manta --chain /usr/share/substrate/manta.json --base-path /var/lib/substrate --port 31333 --ws-port 9144 --ws-max-connections 100 --rpc-port 9133 --rpc-cors all --rpc-methods safe --state-cache-size 0 --bootnodes /dns/a1.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWCpnkG834s9ETesFTWtGqRDjs6Te1UCXHib3iD8GEmXLU /dns/a4.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWN9Zud842idiiUypJF9nzQfNrSsuWQRdtRA8D6sqsPXMb /dns/a5.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWM6Txo8orkxGsSTPByzzWhtTSfdFi2u9KJtd9eWCkry3k /dns/a7.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWFKMcE12XRLZfktX3crfkZyyBetpHsffDjPopYVhQLXwP /dns/c1.manta.systems/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWSNwD7tJkqKGdMfCVTJbbzrGFTGbXoeMFZCTwEytpFCM4 -- --chain /usr/share/substrate/polkadot.json'

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